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never mind that speaker boehner called the debt ceiling his leverage and speaker boehner voted five times to during the bush presidency, to raise the ceiling to the tune of nearly 4 trillion-dollar. this time he wants the default by the government that he has a moral obligation to support the raising the debt ceiling now. so here is the offer the president should make. i tolerated an unacceptable and improper effort by your house to extract concessions on an issue that should be a simple procedural vote. i will not do that again. i have made many offers, and you have not responded with anything tangible. unless you immediately raise the debt ceiling sufficiently to get us to january 1, 2015 based on current deficit projections we're ceasing all negotiations. i'm happy to have the bush tax cuts expire on january 1st, and then have you explain to the public that you have raised the taxes on all americans and you're playing games merely because you're unwilling to act responsibility. it is time to take the debt ceiling off the table as a negotiating ploy. time to call their bluff recognize t
never mind that speaker boehner called the debt ceiling his leverage and speaker boehner voted five times to during the bush presidency, to raise the ceiling to the tune of nearly 4 trillion-dollar. this time he wants the default by the government that he has a moral obligation to support the raising the debt ceiling now. so here is the offer the president should make. i tolerated an unacceptable and improper effort by your house to extract concessions on an issue that should be a simple...
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when pelosi handed boehner a symbolic people's gavel boehner resisted the temptation to use it on the rebels in his own caucus. he returned to his favorite topic, reducing the national debt. >> at $16 trillion and rising, our national debt is draining free enterprise and weakening. in our hearts, we know it is wrong to pass this debt on to our kids and grandkids. now we have to be willing truly willing to make this problem right. >> eliot: with rest of house conservatives threatening to hold the debt ceiling hostage to force cuts in social problems, gridlock appears to be underway. for more on the state of the house, i'm joined by congressman jerry nadler, a good friend and congressman from new york. congratulations on starting this process all over again. good luck. >> thank you. we'll need it. >> eliot: you will, indeed. it was striking at the end when the fiscal cliff vote did occur. speaker boehner did something that some people actually admire. he brought the bill to the floor and got it passed with 85 republican votes and lot more democratic votes. what does that portend, do you
when pelosi handed boehner a symbolic people's gavel boehner resisted the temptation to use it on the rebels in his own caucus. he returned to his favorite topic, reducing the national debt. >> at $16 trillion and rising, our national debt is draining free enterprise and weakening. in our hearts, we know it is wrong to pass this debt on to our kids and grandkids. now we have to be willing truly willing to make this problem right. >> eliot: with rest of house conservatives...
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and it was telling that boehner didn't clap for that. he didn't get up when president obama introduced the 102-year-old woman who waited six hours to vote. >> john: in your article you talk about the voting rights being he would up in 2006 by a vote in the house that was 390-33. now it's under attack by a seemingly majority of conservatives. >> it's a disconcerting shift. there was bipartisan agreement on the continuing need for the righting rights--the voting rights act. there are different reasons why it has come under siege. the party itself is more white more southern. >> it's not because there are more southern white people but more have been driven away. >> we also saw after obama's election--this is the big thing that obama got 80% of the minority vote in 2008. and republicans thought we can't get that minority vote. let's try to suppress it instead. instead. then there was this campaign under the radar by conservatives to pump money into groups whose express burns is to challenge laws like the voting right act. there is a whole c
and it was telling that boehner didn't clap for that. he didn't get up when president obama introduced the 102-year-old woman who waited six hours to vote. >> john: in your article you talk about the voting rights being he would up in 2006 by a vote in the house that was 390-33. now it's under attack by a seemingly majority of conservatives. >> it's a disconcerting shift. there was bipartisan agreement on the continuing need for the righting rights--the voting rights act. there are...
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any surprise that the president's proposal was outright rejected by speaker boehner? it was an "in your face" proposal to him. >> it was. i'm not surprised. i don't think any of us are surprised it was rejected. i think we're a little surprised, maybe a lot surprised it was put forward in the first place. this is really different. barack obama, this is a really different negotiating posture and position that he is starting from. if we look back to that horrible debt ceiling fiasco from last summer in 2011, i think we all remember how bleak that was that obama started his negotiating position really from a place that met the republicans more than halfway so he was going to be bound to end up meeting them in the final analysis. which is what happened. it was demoralizing. now, after re-election, he has been obviously very embowdenned. he's put forth something -- it is clear they won't accept it. they won't wake up tomorrow morning and think they want more stimulus spending. this is a strong move. >> eliot: it is exactly right. really, the president is almost moving away
any surprise that the president's proposal was outright rejected by speaker boehner? it was an "in your face" proposal to him. >> it was. i'm not surprised. i don't think any of us are surprised it was rejected. i think we're a little surprised, maybe a lot surprised it was put forward in the first place. this is really different. barack obama, this is a really different negotiating posture and position that he is starting from. if we look back to that horrible debt ceiling...
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. >> boehner is not in a in a great spot. the polls are against him. half of his caucus is against him. taxes rise on the rich. polls showing republicans aren't with them. they are dying on the hill for it. what he is laying down is so illogical that he just is the collapsing under the weight of it. look, the president will not tell us what he is willing to cut. the president is not saying he wants to the cut anything. all he did was extend tax cuts the bottom 98% and raise him on the top 2 and punt on the sequester and be done with it. the president isn't clamoring for medicare and social security cuts. he probably would agree to some type of cuts in order to get whaechts. ideal on earth would he be the one it makes so little sense i think it's collapsing in its own weight. >> boehner keeps saying it over and over again. to me, anytime he says it t it looks like he believes it less. of course, so far as we know nothing was accomplished by this meeting yesterday. i think it's clear going back two years ago we have learned nothing is going to be accompl
. >> boehner is not in a in a great spot. the polls are against him. half of his caucus is against him. taxes rise on the rich. polls showing republicans aren't with them. they are dying on the hill for it. what he is laying down is so illogical that he just is the collapsing under the weight of it. look, the president will not tell us what he is willing to cut. the president is not saying he wants to the cut anything. all he did was extend tax cuts the bottom 98% and raise him on the top...
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do you feel sorry for john boehner who has all these circus folks with him? >> i don't. >> eliot: shocking to me. >> look, he has--he's trying to maintain his caucus, and you know, at the end of the day i don't really invest too heavily about the actual persons of these politicians. the fact that you were talking about lindsey graham who pressureperceived-- >> eliot: i was setting him up to tear him down. >> the point is he's facing re-election. the republican electorate that the republicans have nurtured and grown. they have created frankenstein, i've said it before on this program, and basically they're at the mercy of these people. they created this monster and they can't put it back in the bottle. >> eliot: would you agree with sam, they are now the victims of their own creation. they cannot escape the tea party fringe who has knocked out the more moderate voices of the establishment party so they're left with only the fear of the far rate. shame on them. >> i don't mean to put too fine of a point on it, the republican party of this party is demented. i w
do you feel sorry for john boehner who has all these circus folks with him? >> i don't. >> eliot: shocking to me. >> look, he has--he's trying to maintain his caucus, and you know, at the end of the day i don't really invest too heavily about the actual persons of these politicians. the fact that you were talking about lindsey graham who pressureperceived-- >> eliot: i was setting him up to tear him down. >> the point is he's facing re-election. the republican...
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boehner and his team stood under a boehner that said "spending is the problem and then "#cut waists. waists--wastes. >> we have been caught in this battle of having clips and having deadlines. this is no way to run a government. until the president is serious about the serious structural spending problem that we have, we'll have to deal with it. >> michael: boehner is promoting a republican plan that would continue funding the government through september. president obama is staying out of the spotlight and calling members of congress reforming entitlement programs and cutting spending. today congressional offices received a note from the white house saying all tours will be canceled beginning on saturday. the tours are arranged by congressional office. one hill staffer told "abc news" said the move was vindictive and designed to make congress look back. i say who says the white house isn't playing hard ball. former congresswoman gabby giffords is taking her battle for common sense reform to the airwaves. her group americans for responsible solutions, is airing new tv ads in iowa and
boehner and his team stood under a boehner that said "spending is the problem and then "#cut waists. waists--wastes. >> we have been caught in this battle of having clips and having deadlines. this is no way to run a government. until the president is serious about the serious structural spending problem that we have, we'll have to deal with it. >> michael: boehner is promoting a republican plan that would continue funding the government through september. president obama...
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i got to believe that barack obama called john boehner into his office and said, the full government shutdown would include the tanning bed. >> eliot: boehner is looking-- >> he's wearing orange after day. >> eliot: not good fashion statement. the other kerfuffle of the convention was the amendment to the platform where i don't know how they count, but it didn't seem like the voices were the way that it was recorded. >> they took god the mission mention of god out of the platform. that was red meat on the base of the tea party. they came out never mind the fact that god doesn't appear in the constitution or bill of rights, very wisely they put god and jerusalem, that was left out, back in. and even more wisely, that it was president obama himself who was so outraged that god was taken out and he demanded it, and in a day the scandal was dead. >> eliot: and his speech, his quotes to scripture and mention of faith were powerful and evoke evocative. >> he's a muslim with a bad christian pastor. >> eliot: that's what i was grasping at. >> yeah look, if you're on the right you you can wor
i got to believe that barack obama called john boehner into his office and said, the full government shutdown would include the tanning bed. >> eliot: boehner is looking-- >> he's wearing orange after day. >> eliot: not good fashion statement. the other kerfuffle of the convention was the amendment to the platform where i don't know how they count, but it didn't seem like the voices were the way that it was recorded. >> they took god the mission mention of god out of the...
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john boehner rejected that. john boehner said, no. we can't go along with that. so the president comes up with a compromise. we didn't like the compromise. he did it last weekend. he said we will take that 250. we will give you a tax break on the first $400,000 of your income. and the payroll tax holiday which we were going to continue. no. we will get rid of that. that hurt the middle class. we will get rid of that. and guess what? we said we weren't going to touch social security. we will put social security on thetable. shouldn't have done it. he did. he puts that out there and boehner reject that, too. and he says, no, i am going to have my own plan. i am calling it plan b. i am going to raise taxes only on people who make over a million dollars. so give everybody a tax break on the first million dollar they own, which gets up to even like .5% of the american people not even the top 1%. john boehner takes plan b and by the way everybody said -- everybody said as recently as yesterday, this is a dead-end. this is not going anywhere. here is first, democratic l
john boehner rejected that. john boehner said, no. we can't go along with that. so the president comes up with a compromise. we didn't like the compromise. he did it last weekend. he said we will take that 250. we will give you a tax break on the first $400,000 of your income. and the payroll tax holiday which we were going to continue. no. we will get rid of that. that hurt the middle class. we will get rid of that. and guess what? we said we weren't going to touch social security. we will put...
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but a few days ago john boehner said something very, very telling. he told politico, quote, which is a place for everything. hold everything. there is a price for everything. that, ladies and gentlemen is transactional politics at its finest. what will you give me to get what you want? so, today president obama dispatched his top economic advisor, his deputy to find out exactly what that price is. and that's treasury secretary timothy geithner net with the top four congressional leaders pelosi, ma con el, mcconnell and reid and he brought a specific plan from the white house with him. that plan from the president in trying to resolve the fiscal cliff asks for, $1.6 trillion in new revenue. and that's supposed to come from raising taxes on the wealthiest. the president's plan asks for an extension of the payroll tax cut. and an extension of unemployment insurance benefits. it asks for a deferral of those automatic sequester cuts to defense spending and to local -- to domestic spend being. and it also asks, i love this one, a multi-year stimulus packag
but a few days ago john boehner said something very, very telling. he told politico, quote, which is a place for everything. hold everything. there is a price for everything. that, ladies and gentlemen is transactional politics at its finest. what will you give me to get what you want? so, today president obama dispatched his top economic advisor, his deputy to find out exactly what that price is. and that's treasury secretary timothy geithner net with the top four congressional leaders pelosi,...
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>> there's been reports of a rivalry between boehner and cantor. he is awaiting a strike from his right flank usually. it's unusual to hear reports of the new warming relyings with the president. i think more likely, they can simply read a poll and the poll said they got where he could trying to oppose the president on a payroll tax extension. a jobs bill, they just felt the need to go along with it and in so doing make a deal with the president, because they just looked to bad to oppose. >> is this the jump start our business start up things from today, that was seemingly this minor victory for boehner the house passed this jobs act with very little opposition and the republican leaders sent out the record they were doubtful it would create any jobs at all. did they pass something they thought had no meaning to it. >> the idea of starting to say no to anything with jobs attached to it started to hurt them. they really didn't want to be calling the wrong side of this. there's the fact that the economy is starting to improve getting better. if it re
>> there's been reports of a rivalry between boehner and cantor. he is awaiting a strike from his right flank usually. it's unusual to hear reports of the new warming relyings with the president. i think more likely, they can simply read a poll and the poll said they got where he could trying to oppose the president on a payroll tax extension. a jobs bill, they just felt the need to go along with it and in so doing make a deal with the president, because they just looked to bad to oppose....
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. >> john: john boehner if scottie doesn't like you, you have a problem. jim, who would you as a -- what would you like to ask? >> tea party an organization who wants to bring accountability and fairness back to politics. support any member of congress who helped to make the sequestration a reality. when those member salaries aren't affected by this vote, shouldn't their salaries be affected just like everybody else of the federal government? >> exactly. another issue. we can all agree on. representative desantis out of florida is proposing this. he does have a democrat who is also cosponsoring it. he has proposed the issue. it is amazing one of the first people who came out against it though nancy pelosi. that would be one of your guy's main women right there. >> john: i'm not a democrat. i'm the independent. can we agree we all feel the sequestration, should it be done with congressional pay slashes? >> any time. >> john: all four us agree. the same-sex marriage debate made its way to the supreme court last week. jim, i want to start with you on this one
. >> john: john boehner if scottie doesn't like you, you have a problem. jim, who would you as a -- what would you like to ask? >> tea party an organization who wants to bring accountability and fairness back to politics. support any member of congress who helped to make the sequestration a reality. when those member salaries aren't affected by this vote, shouldn't their salaries be affected just like everybody else of the federal government? >> exactly. another issue. we can...
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up next, i really, really, really want to play poker with john boehner. someone who so obviouslily refeels his hand would be like playing against a human atm machine. his latest >>now let's get some real news. (vo) first, news and analysis with a washington perspective from an emmy winning insider. >>you couldn't say it any more powerfully than that. >> current tv, on the roll. (vo)followed by humor and politics with a west coast edge. >>ah, thank you. >>it really is incredible. (vo)bill press and stephanie miller, current's morning news block. weekdays six to noon. >> john: as we speak house republicans are doing everything they can to push us closer to the fiscal cliff. and tonight they're going to vote on house speaker john boehner's plan b. because his plan a was called president mitt. let's not get into too many details because john boehner's plan b stands zero chance of ever ever, ever becoming law anywhere on planet earth. here's johnny. >> president obama and senate democrats haven't done much of anything. their plan b is slow walk us over the fis
up next, i really, really, really want to play poker with john boehner. someone who so obviouslily refeels his hand would be like playing against a human atm machine. his latest >>now let's get some real news. (vo) first, news and analysis with a washington perspective from an emmy winning insider. >>you couldn't say it any more powerfully than that. >> current tv, on the roll. (vo)followed by humor and politics with a west coast edge. >>ah, thank you. >>it really...
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up next, i really, really, really want to play poker with john boehner. someone who so obviouslily refeels his hand would be like playing against a human atm machine. his latest rambling on the fiscal cliff is next in "the war room." only on current tv. did you get chips for the party? nope. cheese plate? cheese plate...nope. i made something better. ♪ ♪ you used the oven? boom ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] pillsbury crescents. let the making begin. [ female announcer ] why settle for plain bread? here's a better idea. pillsbury grands! flaky layers biscuits in just 15 minutes the light delicate layers add a layer of warmth to your next dinner. pillsbury grands biscuits let the making begin. [ piano plays ] troy polamalu's going deeper. ♪ ♪ and so is head & shoulders deep clean. [ male announcer ] with 7 benefits it goes deep to remove grease, gunk and flakes. deep. like me. [ male announcer ] head & shoulders deep clean for men. ♪ ♪ >> john: as we speak, house republicans are doing everything they can to push us closer to the fiscal cliff. and t
up next, i really, really, really want to play poker with john boehner. someone who so obviouslily refeels his hand would be like playing against a human atm machine. his latest rambling on the fiscal cliff is next in "the war room." only on current tv. did you get chips for the party? nope. cheese plate? cheese plate...nope. i made something better. ♪ ♪ you used the oven? boom ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] pillsbury crescents. let the making begin. [ female announcer ] why settle...
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speaker boehner's offer was a million. so in the natural course of a compromise if it ends up at $500,000 $600,000, that is not where it should be in your view. >> if you live in san francisco or new york city, it might seem like $250,000 or $300,000 is not very much but listen, in terms of the nation as a whole the median wage is around $50,000. the median family income is close to $58,000. i mean anybody earning over $250,000 is very wealthy in terms of the country as a whole. if you push it up to $400,000, those people between $250,000 and $400,000 are not going to have any tax increase at all. if you push it up above $400,000 toward the $1 million mark, speaker boehner is putting out there, you know, you're going to have a very relatively small tax increase in terms of the number of people affected, very little revenues will be raised relative to what otherwise could be raised. >> eliot: in return for this threshold that's too high, as you just stated, the president is putting social security and medicare on the table.
speaker boehner's offer was a million. so in the natural course of a compromise if it ends up at $500,000 $600,000, that is not where it should be in your view. >> if you live in san francisco or new york city, it might seem like $250,000 or $300,000 is not very much but listen, in terms of the nation as a whole the median wage is around $50,000. the median family income is close to $58,000. i mean anybody earning over $250,000 is very wealthy in terms of the country as a whole. if you...
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what does a win for john boehner look like? >> obviously this is more of a high-stakes situation for john boehner. president obama has won his last election. john boehner has a gavel at stake and the stature of his party and caucus in the capitol. there is a lot at stake for him, what kind of stop-gap or congressional agreement can mitigate those cuts. >> michael: so well put juana. i think he is the star, john boehner, is the star of the soap opera playing out. juana summers from politico. now let's get back into some news of the day. >> on this vote the yay's are 286 and the nays are 138. the bill is passed. >> michael: that is the house passing the senate's version of violence against women act. the vote came after months of posturing by the g.o.p. which included a failed house vote today on their own watered down version of the bill. the president is expected to sign the law soon. we're keeping an eye on the right to marry. we treated same-sex marriage like a civil rights issue on this war room because that's what we believ
what does a win for john boehner look like? >> obviously this is more of a high-stakes situation for john boehner. president obama has won his last election. john boehner has a gavel at stake and the stature of his party and caucus in the capitol. there is a lot at stake for him, what kind of stop-gap or congressional agreement can mitigate those cuts. >> michael: so well put juana. i think he is the star, john boehner, is the star of the soap opera playing out. juana summers from...
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boehner, why are you representing the 2% and not just the 98%. lots and lots to talk about here this morning. and you'll want to get into the conversation, we know, and you can do so, give us a call at 1-866-55-press. follow us on twitter and talk to us on twitter at bpshow. or on facebook. facebook.com/billpressshow. our team here, entire team, phil backert has the phones. >> go ahead. >> bill: peter ogborn and dan henning. it was a tough lunch yesterday. >> still a little foggy. i've never seen you drink so many martinis. >> bill: well, they're good at the palm. so i just tell them to make a pitcher. [ laughter ] >> bill: i was well-behaved compared to cyprian. cyprian is our videographer here. he slept from noon yesterday until what? i think 4:00 this morning. >> he just woke up. he looks terrible this morning. >> bill: poor guy. he can't even speak to defend himself. >> i've never seen anybody mix cocktails the way he did. he put a little bit of everything behind the bar. rum, tequila vodka tomato juice and pineapple juice. >> bill: it beats
boehner, why are you representing the 2% and not just the 98%. lots and lots to talk about here this morning. and you'll want to get into the conversation, we know, and you can do so, give us a call at 1-866-55-press. follow us on twitter and talk to us on twitter at bpshow. or on facebook. facebook.com/billpressshow. our team here, entire team, phil backert has the phones. >> go ahead. >> bill: peter ogborn and dan henning. it was a tough lunch yesterday. >> still a little...
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they got to quite a good deal. >> bill: boehner and obama did. >> boehner and obama did but then it was kiboshed by the republicans. >> bill: by cantor and boehner who were a part of the meetings. the president realizes you can't get much done with them unless you do have a lot of pressure from the outside on the republican -- which is why he's meeting with small business leaders, middle class americans big business leaders going up to this toy factory in pennsylvania on friday. and again ronald reagan very effectively rallied the american people behind what he wanted. >> i think they learned a lesson of the last fiscal cliff. they realize they need to get out vand popular support. not just from the people but for business leaders. i think it is the business leaders who are going to put the pressure on the republicans to do something. >> bill: nick is calling from madison, wisconsin. the republican, madison. we love it. >> caller: first time caller. glad to be on. >> bill: glad you're here. >> caller: i really just have to say that i'm absolutely disgusted with the grover norquist thing
they got to quite a good deal. >> bill: boehner and obama did. >> boehner and obama did but then it was kiboshed by the republicans. >> bill: by cantor and boehner who were a part of the meetings. the president realizes you can't get much done with them unless you do have a lot of pressure from the outside on the republican -- which is why he's meeting with small business leaders, middle class americans big business leaders going up to this toy factory in pennsylvania on...
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god knows boehner would never drag it to the right. are both leaders here correct where their branch of congress is concerned? >> ties that are binding this gang of eight together are very fragile. both sides acknowledge that it's going to take a lot to get everyone on board republicans and democrats and boehner doesn't want to see the right wing of his caucus pull him too far away and schumer wants to make sure that democrats know the president is in line with their agreement. so what we saw today was a little bit of cage rattling, coming from both sides. president obama rattling republicans' cages republicans rattling his. but not enough rattling to really hurt those ties that are holding that gang of eight agreement together. at least not yet. >> john: i would guess the overriding concern for these moderate republicans trying to get the reform because it is good for votes, after all is no kind of immigration reform will ever pass the tea party's purity test. is that a reasonable concern they're having? >> you know, we heard a lot of
god knows boehner would never drag it to the right. are both leaders here correct where their branch of congress is concerned? >> ties that are binding this gang of eight together are very fragile. both sides acknowledge that it's going to take a lot to get everyone on board republicans and democrats and boehner doesn't want to see the right wing of his caucus pull him too far away and schumer wants to make sure that democrats know the president is in line with their agreement. so what we...
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he's enconsed with john boehner. he's got the reminder that people want adult leadership in the room. that's where his comfort zone usually is. >> i sort of thought that this tragedy might bring somewhat more adult the conversation on the fiscal cliff and that we might get a more sort of stable and understandable resolution quicker. that's not happening. we're back at the exact same kind of partisan breakdown we had on the debt ceiling. ultimately they reach the divide and get to a deal that can pass. in terms of easing the tone in washington, that's not happening. >> eliot: that lasted 72 hours. it seems to me you're both right. public wants compromise but the public also wants the president to fight. he continues to articulate that agenda. the public will be with him and so yes, you put up a good fight and then you did close the deal but if you close the deal without articulating and fighting first, then there will be dispace of support within his base. that's something he cannot afford. joe williams, ben white, th
he's enconsed with john boehner. he's got the reminder that people want adult leadership in the room. that's where his comfort zone usually is. >> i sort of thought that this tragedy might bring somewhat more adult the conversation on the fiscal cliff and that we might get a more sort of stable and understandable resolution quicker. that's not happening. we're back at the exact same kind of partisan breakdown we had on the debt ceiling. ultimately they reach the divide and get to a deal...
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please reach out to john boehner at speaker boehner on twitter. gracey saying why do republicans keep harping about entitlements. they're earned benefits. is it to satisfy some deep-seated sadistic need to starve people? allen says i have an idea! let's let speaker boehner live on my paycheck for a month. i bring home $480 every two weeks after taxes. and damian says he reached out to speaker boehner on twitter and said i told him he was wrong and bill, speaker boehner started crying. he's very sad. >> bill: i guess -- we've been asking everybody to get in touch with this office and tell them to lead or get out of the way. lead or resign because he's showing no leadership by sticking to the same old tired arguments that they were -- that we heard before november 6th. but i guess we should have warned people that -- expect him to break down. >> feelings may get hurt. >> emotional guy. >> bill: you know where he was last night man. he might be total anti-obama, unwilling to compromise, not willing to even recognize there was an election but he was a
please reach out to john boehner at speaker boehner on twitter. gracey saying why do republicans keep harping about entitlements. they're earned benefits. is it to satisfy some deep-seated sadistic need to starve people? allen says i have an idea! let's let speaker boehner live on my paycheck for a month. i bring home $480 every two weeks after taxes. and damian says he reached out to speaker boehner on twitter and said i told him he was wrong and bill, speaker boehner started crying. he's very...
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he is not the guy in control of the senate where boehner holds sway. to criticize the president on this issue gets away from the issue. that's the fact that boehner has a coalition in his government that he really can't control. >> jennifer: very quickly, i want to get your prediction. first, romney wins the white house and everything else stays the same, do they get a deal on the fiscal cliff on lame duck. >> i think they do mainly because president obama will have leverage-- >> jennifer: my first scenario was that romney wins. >> peg your pardon. i was thinking the unthinkable. it looks like a long shot given what romney did? >> jennifer: yes. >> if romney is elected president, there is incentive although they may walk it back to get romney a chance to get on the budget. >> jennifer: and if the status quo stays the same, and president obama wins. >> their position would be repudiated by the voters, they don't want to get blamed for driving the economy off the fiscal cliff. >> jennifer: i totally agree with you on that. that is joe williams, prognosti
he is not the guy in control of the senate where boehner holds sway. to criticize the president on this issue gets away from the issue. that's the fact that boehner has a coalition in his government that he really can't control. >> jennifer: very quickly, i want to get your prediction. first, romney wins the white house and everything else stays the same, do they get a deal on the fiscal cliff on lame duck. >> i think they do mainly because president obama will have leverage--...
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is this the last gasp of desperate man in john boehner. >> we there thrown dirt on boehner before when he couldn't get his party to go along. people said he was dead then. the problem you have is that nobody else in congress wants that job. you don't want to be the guy who has got to deal with reality on one hand and the tea party on the other. trying to knit together that caucus and still remain true as a republican representing the party, that's a difficult task. and i think that's why we haven't seen him replaced. >> michael: the rising star has me more compelled than cantor does. it was talking about this scenario earlier today in "the war room." are republicans saying we can blame our speaker and the white house, so we can say we're a new party without the speaker and the white house? is there something like that possibly going on? >> well if it's a silent coup it would have been very very difficult to see, mainly because boehner has always had problems with the far right of his caucus. he has done a semi heroic job trying to stitch things together to get anything done. at this po
is this the last gasp of desperate man in john boehner. >> we there thrown dirt on boehner before when he couldn't get his party to go along. people said he was dead then. the problem you have is that nobody else in congress wants that job. you don't want to be the guy who has got to deal with reality on one hand and the tea party on the other. trying to knit together that caucus and still remain true as a republican representing the party, that's a difficult task. and i think that's why...
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. >> john boehner did when john boehner is your moral super that's like taxing wesley snipes. a very rich businessman is running for her seat in minnesota, this kind of gaffe may make conservative folks over there donate to someone else. she's there-- >> eliot: you love her. >> i want her to be president. i would eye a yacht if she was president. i'm a comedian. she makes others look sane and relevant. >> eliot: and gw, did it bring back good memories. >> as a comedy, yes. the first non-buffoon in a generation. i love george w. bush, you never knew what was going to come out of his mouth when they let the free world leader speak on his own. when he promotes the book he never really didn't write. >> eliot: how do you know that? >> whoa whoa, first off it's called "the decider": then he said parts of it were lifted from other peoples, his aide's books. he plagiarized the book. >> eliot: i read it. >> this book is not him. he wrote the forward. this is george bush's notebook on how to fix the economy. >> eliot: i wondered about that choosing that as the topic. >> he was being hum
. >> john boehner did when john boehner is your moral super that's like taxing wesley snipes. a very rich businessman is running for her seat in minnesota, this kind of gaffe may make conservative folks over there donate to someone else. she's there-- >> eliot: you love her. >> i want her to be president. i would eye a yacht if she was president. i'm a comedian. she makes others look sane and relevant. >> eliot: and gw, did it bring back good memories. >> as a...
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what speaker boehner and president obama need to know about tax rates next on "viewpoint." the chill of peppermint. the rich dark chocolate. york peppermint pattie get the sensation. [ male announcer ] red lobster's crabfest ends soon. hurry in and try five succulent entrees like our tender snow crab paired with savory garlic shrimp. just $12.99. come into red lobster and sea food differently. and introducing 7 lunch choices for just $7.99. salads, sandwiches, and more. >> eliot: on the 18 -- only 18 days remain until we go over the so-called fiscal cliff and with congress once again heading home after another grueling two-day work week, president obama met once again with speaker boehner. while the president keeps talking about revenues, speaker boehner focuses on expenditures and it is hard to tell if any progress is being made. the main sticking point remains over the issue of tax rates for the wealthy. but according to a recent poll, 76% of the country including 61% of republicans agree that raising tax on the wealthy should be part of any fiscal deliver deal. for more,
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boehner -- >> suckle me flabbergasted. [mumbling] >> stephanie: boehner described negotiations as going nowhere, period and there is a chance the nation will go over the fiscal cliff. if you're driving it is. >> boehner was -- geithner was more optimistic. he doesn't expect a counter offer right away as they work to sort out tensions within the party. yeah that's the thing. now we need to wait until they finish having their argument among themselves. he and his tea party caucus. [ whatever! ] >> stephanie: and then get back to us. he said all that's blocking is republicans reluctance to accept higher taxes on the wealthy. revenues will have to go up. they haven't told us anything about who should pay higher taxes. so you can't negotiate with somebody who's not offering any -- >> details. >> stephanie: yes. thank you. all right. the president. >> obama: if congress does nothing, every family in america will see their income taxes automatically go up on january 1st. every family. everybody here, you'll see the taxes go up on
boehner -- >> suckle me flabbergasted. [mumbling] >> stephanie: boehner described negotiations as going nowhere, period and there is a chance the nation will go over the fiscal cliff. if you're driving it is. >> boehner was -- geithner was more optimistic. he doesn't expect a counter offer right away as they work to sort out tensions within the party. yeah that's the thing. now we need to wait until they finish having their argument among themselves. he and his tea party...
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downjohn boehner and is deliberately going against the american people. that's what makes it so funny. >> stephanie: it's so much fun. >> yes. >> stephanie: mike, go ahead. >> caller: you were saying that john boehner for four years has been standing up in press conference after press conference telling the american people what they want. now they're telling him what they want, he won't do anything. >> stephanie: the president made this point john, when he was elected. even in the exit polling even the people who didn't vote for me agree with me on this issue. >> exactly. and yet the republican people keep voting for republicans again. they're likely like rihanna and keep going back for more abuse. >> stephanie: lance, go ahead. >> caller: how. >> stephanie: good, go ahead. >> caller: i really enjoy you and the guys and i want to tell you that your show is one of favorite political shows. >> stephanie: thank you. >> caller: i got a couple of questions for you. you saw the other day where it said in the date of texas there would be more registered democrat
downjohn boehner and is deliberately going against the american people. that's what makes it so funny. >> stephanie: it's so much fun. >> yes. >> stephanie: mike, go ahead. >> caller: you were saying that john boehner for four years has been standing up in press conference after press conference telling the american people what they want. now they're telling him what they want, he won't do anything. >> stephanie: the president made this point john, when he was...
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beyonce sang, boehner went wept, and we were able to see what an inauguration party looked like. last saturday was gun appreciation day lead to go five accidental shootings nationwide. next saturday it's running with scissors appreciate day. today is the birthday of attorney general eric holder, j master j and 36 years ago my friends president jimmy carter pardoned the vietnam war draft evaders. and george w bush, dick cheney and mitt romney didn't show up. [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] >> john: good evening, i'm john fugelsang. this is "viewpoint." thank you for spending your martin luther king jr. holiday with us. president obama marked his second inauguration at president with a speech that was less lofty and a lot of more lefty than his first time around. after taking the oath of office from chief justice john roberts mr. obama outlined a wish-list of progressive policies and programs for the next four years and called for collective action to put them in practice. >> obama: now more than ever we must do these things together as one nation and one people. we the people, understand
beyonce sang, boehner went wept, and we were able to see what an inauguration party looked like. last saturday was gun appreciation day lead to go five accidental shootings nationwide. next saturday it's running with scissors appreciate day. today is the birthday of attorney general eric holder, j master j and 36 years ago my friends president jimmy carter pardoned the vietnam war draft evaders. and george w bush, dick cheney and mitt romney didn't show up. [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] >>...
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second, he's rejecting the john boehner approach which is boehner saying i'll agree to revenues as long as they come as a result of economic growth. in other words, we won't legislate changes in taxes. we'll hope that revenues go up. he's saying no, that won't work for me. you're not going to legislate spending cuts. this is the president talking. not legislate revenue changes as well. >> bill: all right. so there are -- the most immediate decision maybe facing the congress is that as you point out, all of the bush tax cuts expire. which means not only the taxes -- tax cuts for the wealthy expire, the tax cuts for those making under $250,000 a year expire as well. so the president said friday all right, the senate has already passed a bill which would give extended tax cutless for the 98%, those making under $250,000. but let the ones for the wealthier people and defined as over $250,000 expire. and he challenged the house of representatives to pass that. what do you think -- so this is a real -- to me, this is like they've got the gun to their head. are you going to pass the tax cut fo
second, he's rejecting the john boehner approach which is boehner saying i'll agree to revenues as long as they come as a result of economic growth. in other words, we won't legislate changes in taxes. we'll hope that revenues go up. he's saying no, that won't work for me. you're not going to legislate spending cuts. this is the president talking. not legislate revenue changes as well. >> bill: all right. so there are -- the most immediate decision maybe facing the congress is that as you...
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who can forget boehner's crazy hat day and i'm with stupid shirt eric cantor wore when he appeared with fellow freshman todd akin. it's all very mr. smith goes to washington made real by the jimmy stewart impersonating michigan mcconnell. >> if you can't human rights from a punch in
who can forget boehner's crazy hat day and i'm with stupid shirt eric cantor wore when he appeared with fellow freshman todd akin. it's all very mr. smith goes to washington made real by the jimmy stewart impersonating michigan mcconnell. >> if you can't human rights from a punch in
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people trying to enter the middle class. >> stephanie: the president on boehner. >> obama: speaker boehner and i speak frequently. i think the issue -- >> when will the two of you sit down in a room? >> obama: i don't think that the issue right now has to do with sitting in a room. >> stephanie: oh please, how many times do you think that boehner drunk dials the president? i'm so flabbergasted! >> get off the phone! >> john, put the phone down. >> stephanie: he drunk dials him. >> john, get away from the phone. we're not going to let you do this. john, stop it. >> we don't know who pays. we don't know what we're talking about in terms of actual legislation to increase revenues. it's magic beans and fairy dust. [farting sound] >> stephanie: it is -- >> it is not a secret. we can't say it in public or we'll get run out of town. >> stephanie: harry reid again. >> arithmetic. you can't get from here to there unless you raise the rates. that's why romney couldn't explain it during the presidential election. no one can explain it because you can't do it. it is arithmetic. >> a little animated th
people trying to enter the middle class. >> stephanie: the president on boehner. >> obama: speaker boehner and i speak frequently. i think the issue -- >> when will the two of you sit down in a room? >> obama: i don't think that the issue right now has to do with sitting in a room. >> stephanie: oh please, how many times do you think that boehner drunk dials the president? i'm so flabbergasted! >> get off the phone! >> john, put the phone down. >>...
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they used to hammer out progress. >> classic john boehner. john boehner is that kind of republican. it's. right. >> so when he throws it back to half of my republicans need to approve of something before we actually put it on the floor, i think we are going abackwards. hopefully he can get to the point where he says let's deliberate like a house should. let's have people say what they want to say. they have the right to do that and let's move forward. i think we will have a bill going to conference. >> bill: it may be we should take it for granted. i want to ask you the question. how important this issue now this year that action happen to the latino community? >> i think it's important. it's long overdue. i think latinos realize that the politics in washington matter to this country. i think latino households whether you have an immigrant in the household to the or not, they remember grandma or great grandma came to this country. it's not just latinos. >> good point? >> we have tens of thousands of irish who would love to get documented right there in boston, working in constructio
they used to hammer out progress. >> classic john boehner. john boehner is that kind of republican. it's. right. >> so when he throws it back to half of my republicans need to approve of something before we actually put it on the floor, i think we are going abackwards. hopefully he can get to the point where he says let's deliberate like a house should. let's have people say what they want to say. they have the right to do that and let's move forward. i think we will have a bill...
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it is weird. >> stephanie: here's charles krauthammer defending boehner. >> i think boehner postponed the vote until today was absolutely right. $60 billion including a ton of pork. the part that was essential was what passed today was to replenish the flood insurance. that's right. and the rest ought to be debated in regular order. >> interesting because ten days after katrina hit bush signed emergency funds passed by the republican white house. i went back and was looking recently, there wasn't a peep from fox news. there was not a peep from charles krauthammer or anyone at fox news in those ten days talking about a rape of the treasury? is that what he called it? people in new jersey, new york and connecticut. that's a pleasant term. >> stephanie: robert andrews the congressman from jersey was on on friday. he put in such stark human terms about there was a guy on the boardwalk that lost his business. he will not get the funds now in time to open this year. that guy may lose his house. i don't know how he's feeding his kids. this has real consequences. >> i think it was cavuto, the
it is weird. >> stephanie: here's charles krauthammer defending boehner. >> i think boehner postponed the vote until today was absolutely right. $60 billion including a ton of pork. the part that was essential was what passed today was to replenish the flood insurance. that's right. and the rest ought to be debated in regular order. >> interesting because ten days after katrina hit bush signed emergency funds passed by the republican white house. i went back and was looking...
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john mccain and john boehner got a little distance from the lunatic fringe this week when they denounced michele bachmann. but drudge can't't't't't't't't't't't't't't't't't't't't't't't't't >> eliot: the syrian capital damascus is now the center of on-going mayhem and street battles as the country has descended into what the red cross has officially termed a civil war. yesterday in damascus, a bomb was set off inside a high security area where national security meetings were being held. three high-ranking officials were killed including syrian president bashar al-assad's brother-in-law. today images of assad appeared for the first time since the bombing. it was rumored assad had been injured in the blast and fled the capital. while he does not appear to be injured, there is no indication where the video was taken. despite this most recent violence in the abject failure of u.n. intervention, for the third time, china and russia vetoed sanctions against syria. although not expected, the move still upset many on the u.n. security council including u.n. ambassador to the u.n. susan rice. >> it
john mccain and john boehner got a little distance from the lunatic fringe this week when they denounced michele bachmann. but drudge can't't't't't't't't't't't't't't't't't't't't't't't't't >> eliot: the syrian capital damascus is now the center of on-going mayhem and street battles as the country has descended into what the red cross has officially termed a civil war. yesterday in damascus, a bomb was set off inside a high security area where national security meetings were being held....
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not to be outdone speaker boehner announced that house republicans would be making similar appearances across the country, going to small businesses to speak about the "threat to jobs posed by congressional democrats" small business tax hike. while members of congress plan to take their case to the american people, the afl-cio is planning to take the american people to members of congress sending 33 local union leaders to capitol hill to push members of congress to let the bush tax cuts expire and leave social security untouched. one positive to emerge from negotiations so far has been that for the first time in recent memory, republicans have expressed an openness to increased revenues which means the choke hold grover norquist and his tax pledge held on republicans may be loosening. frank bruni thinks republicans devolved into dummies and nor west was their ventriloquist. not everyone saw norquist as the cause of the problem. defending him truth is that mr. norquist doesn't have such power. the voters do. he had the wit to channel the electorate's limited government beliefs into a si
not to be outdone speaker boehner announced that house republicans would be making similar appearances across the country, going to small businesses to speak about the "threat to jobs posed by congressional democrats" small business tax hike. while members of congress plan to take their case to the american people, the afl-cio is planning to take the american people to members of congress sending 33 local union leaders to capitol hill to push members of congress to let the bush tax...
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you have to acknowledge to some respect that john boehner's right, the president's been schizophrenic somewhat on this issue. he did lobby to build the southern portion and now he wants to seem like he's doing something on the issue of gas prices, so he goes and he does the exact opposite with respect to the domestic portion of the pipeline. he's all over the map. >> speaker boehner was all over the president today, saying this did not need the president's ok. is he correct on that point? >> that's trickier. there is bureaucratic red tape but this isn't a controversial portion. the real controversy has been rerouting it from canada through nebraska. that's what the speaker has been hammering the president on and was the sort of big disagreement towards the end of december. now what the president did was punted on that issue and picked it up for good reason. the environmental lobby is deeply skeptical and the president would take a real hit if he did it. >> the president's speech today seemed to be a continuation of a mixed message, saying the president can't control the price of gas,
you have to acknowledge to some respect that john boehner's right, the president's been schizophrenic somewhat on this issue. he did lobby to build the southern portion and now he wants to seem like he's doing something on the issue of gas prices, so he goes and he does the exact opposite with respect to the domestic portion of the pipeline. he's all over the map. >> speaker boehner was all over the president today, saying this did not need the president's ok. is he correct on that point?...
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the -- john boehner had this to say. >> today i'm pleased to announce on friday the house will vote on a bill to extend the current interest rate on federal student loans for one year. we will pay for this by taking money from one of the slush funds in the president's health care law. >> oh. >> there it is. >> yeah. >> tear it down. what happened to the ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure? americans really get that. and we would all like to have our diseases caught early. and it's everything about being smart on health care and they want to tear it down. >> yeah. even the violence against women act. is there nothing that just a no brainer that you should be for? >> the violence against women act is something that passed basically virtually unanimously. i think it was unanimous in 2000, and 2005 when it was reauthorized, and suddenly with this republican war on women it is being argued about that we shouldn't reauthorize these key grant programs that keep victims safe and hold perpetrators accountable. again, this kind of falls into that category of public safety and fairness t
the -- john boehner had this to say. >> today i'm pleased to announce on friday the house will vote on a bill to extend the current interest rate on federal student loans for one year. we will pay for this by taking money from one of the slush funds in the president's health care law. >> oh. >> there it is. >> yeah. >> tear it down. what happened to the ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure? americans really get that. and we would all like to have our...
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i think a lot of conservative policies wonks hope this is the sort of thing that speaker boehner will glom on to, and that obama will say look, it's not my preferred way to get 1 trillion from wealthy americans but it does get me there. it doesn't have a huge impact on the middle class and can avoid a big fight and gives up on the rate increases. i don't think obama is going to give up on the rate increases that easily because they have been so central to his--both of his political campaigns as president even though you know at the end of the day he would end up at the same revenue baseline that he's looking for. it would appear to his base he's supporters like a pretty big cave. >> eliot: i think you're right. after the strength of his commentary and since the election where increasing rates has become the mantra, the line in the sand that people expect him to toe and stay very strict on. anything that backs off from that would require extensive preparation and conversation with his base. i'm not sure he's preparing the base for that right now. added to what we're talking about right
i think a lot of conservative policies wonks hope this is the sort of thing that speaker boehner will glom on to, and that obama will say look, it's not my preferred way to get 1 trillion from wealthy americans but it does get me there. it doesn't have a huge impact on the middle class and can avoid a big fight and gives up on the rate increases. i don't think obama is going to give up on the rate increases that easily because they have been so central to his--both of his political campaigns as...